Creating an Infographic

Infographics are the new pamphlets/brochures/powerpoints/ etc...  You may consider creating one for your persuasive research projects in science.  Prezi is also a great tool to create an info graphic that is virtually movable! :)

The Ideal Infographic Has...

• Timelines
• Flow charts
• Annotated maps
• Graphs
• Venn diagrams
• Size comparisons
• Showing familiar objects or similar size or value.
• Cartoonish Images

There are many web-based software programs you can used to create InfoGraphics of your own, but if you have the Adobe Illustrated CS4 program, here's a link to a tutorial/website that walks you through the steps of creating a basic info graphic: http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/how-to-create-outstanding-modern-infographics/


Other tools that are great to use in creating info graphics or charts to place in infographics/presentations/ppts/prezis etc. are the following: (Credit to http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/)

Stat Silk
http://www.statsilk.com/
Stat Silk is a website that allows users to create interactive maps and visualizations.  After you create an account, you can download Stat Planet, Stat Trends, and Stat Word to your computer for free!

Hohli
http://charts.hohli.com/
Hohli is an online chart builder - looks sort of 3D!

Creately
http://creately.com/
Creately lets you draw diagrams online/visual collaboration - *watch the Creately in 3 Minutes Video for help

Many Eyes
http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
Many Eyes lets you upload your own data that you've found and place them in professional looking visualizations - there are a lot of examples on the website you can browse, too!

Google Public Data
http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
This allows you to take public data and transform it into an infographic (more chart-based) of your choice

Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/

Tableu
http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/
Visualize and share your data in minutes - for free.  This windows-based software creates graphics from data into colorful charts and unique presentations.  There are many examples and a few tutorial videos, too!

Inkscape
http://inkscape.org/
Inkscape is a free vector graphic software available for many platforms.  This is the idea free option for the creation of your overall info graphic.  Simple and intuitive, you should have no problems importing your visualizations and combining them with your visuals to create your presentation.